rtbiscuit

the jdm satnav is a very useful paper weight.

windscreen chips have no effect on your policy what so ever, windscreen and car insurance are 2 seperate policies on the car. and they prefer to pay for the repairs than for the new windscreen. a repalcement windscreen through the insurer costs you about 70.00 but it costs them 3 times that to make up the difference. where as a chip repair costs them feck all. autoglass are good for chips, national windscreen i have used were crap, but national did a good job on the replacement screen apart form badly refitting the rear view.

i have to agree dan, i found it extremely capable; strong well built car, it has noise, it goes fast and it grips very well. its well balanced, very comfortable inside and the interiro trim is top notch. it is in all essence a great car. but i personally get that fizz feeling as james may says, "you know; the fizzing feeling at the base of your pen is" we just didn't bond, sounds sad i know but its obviously not for me. don't worry though; more reviews to come, and i'll post up some pics in a bit i took yesterday; should have taken some of the interior though

difficult to tell, i usually work out the correct fitting by the thread size and pitch.

lee is dismantling zeds all the time; usually find if alex doesn't have it lee will; and vice versa. very very rare, to find neither of them have something.

it is nippy, would say its on par with the s2k and the zed, if you look at the stats they all sit within 1/2 a second of each other.

i think all of us who have given a price have a reccomended paint shop, but none of them are near you. one thing i have found is that if you go and ask some local garages they'll tell you who they use; it may well be the local accident repair shop, but it doesn't mean they won't do a god job. my advice would be go to your local BMW garage and ask them who they're bodyshop is. they are queit strict on who and what they use.

this aprticular VW garage is very good, my wifes family had been dealing with the manager for years; and its a pleasant place to do business. i shall reccomend them on the open forum, barnards VW in stowmarket.

i liked the Power enterprise oil filters

it was the new lad, he'd just been shown it as it was meant to be a good one for testing performance cars, it was ok, but i wanted mor eback road, less dual carriageway. and more like 3 hours instead of half an hour. think is i don't know the area that well. my favourite trick is to get it for a long test drive on my own, and then just head into the country and get lost. then by about half way in to the tesat drive i'll get the old satnav out and find my way back

seen it before, but eveerytime i see i laugh so hard SMACK in the face Catapult Fail FTMFW

i suppose i'm used to the kick in the s2k the DSg seemed quiet smooth; there was some movement in the golf on pull away, kind of jerky, but not so bad you would be annoyed with it. as said above it is a great car, and possibly still a contender. i think i've go the salesmanager taking the car out with me next time. the lad i had was a new kid, 4 days in to the job; and he was great, really easy to deal with. but the route didn't give me enough twisties to really try it, and i think i needed longer to get used to the auto; i spent a lot of time thinknig anrd reminding myself to not move my clutch leg. i'm used to my feet doing so much more work must admit i had the same thing with the zed, first test drive didn't fully sell me the car, must admit i am looking forward to my next lot of test driving which will hopefully be M3 territory.

Got a phonecall this morning inviting me up to VW to try out a golf R32 they had just got in. i was interested to try it out as it had the DSG box and i'd never driven a 4WD with a haldex controller. so was interested to see what the car was like; hw it handled and if this model of car could possibly be the next car. Brief Stats: 250Bhp Haldex controlled 4WD 3.2 V6 DSG gear box 3 door Blue Initial impressions:- Exterior: it does look very nice, i love the VW blue they have used and although very subtle the car does have an agressive edge to it. its quite short and fat and squat and does sit well on the road. i wouldn't think of it as a boy racer car, more a gentleman racer or dad racer maybe. very nice twin exhaust sat at the back. must admit this particular car had been extremely well kept; the paint was flawless. Interior: now this is where i struggled slightly; not because it was good, but because i wasn't used to the amount of space it had in comparison to my S2K. everything seemed so far away the windows seemed huge and this all kind of took away from the sports car feel. the seats although not the recaro ones were extremely good looking and very comfy. held and gripped you in place very well, more so than the zed or the S2k has ever done. the dash and interior maerials all very nice and the displays and dials are all very easy on the eye. my only niggles were the multiswirl polished aluminium strips on the interior. very nice but not my thing. Also the arm rest for me a key item, as i drive with my arms quiet low and this car had an armrest you could adjust it, raise it and extend it. but it was never in quiet where you wanted it, and if you leant on it; then it would slide back. this would over a long time annoy the hell out of me. overall the environemnt was nice but i never quiet felt that it had the best driving posistion couldn't get the steering wheel where i wanted it, everything seemed so far away. The drive: i was very impressed at how smooth the drive was even when gunning it the DSG box made for very slick gear changes almost too slick, made driving a little bit clinical. it had plenty of grunt and go with the V6 and using the paddles i could easily drop a cog and move it quickly. it was also very reserved in side. you could hear the engine but it was quiet, grip seemed very good, on fast and sharp corners you could feel the grip and it didn't feel awkard with teh 4wd kicking in when it was needed. i was expecting to feel horrible weight shifts as the power moved around the car, but it did it very smoothly. and it sticks to the road like you would not believe, i was able to take a roundabout at i think close to 60 mph with not to much trauma. the brakes though are very strong, they bite hard and took some getting used too. nearly gave myself braindamage stopping at the first set of lights. i think with time its something to adjsut too, and towards the end of the drive i had far better use of them. The gear box: its a very capable piece of kit, and when in full automode it is excellent, especially when it comes to town driving. very easy to use. but i foud it a bit too clinical when it came to pushing it. no drama to the occasion if that makes sense. felt a bit detatched form the car. again its something i've not tried before and i think given some time to get used to it i might be something excellent Overall: i really liked the car, but i never got the excitement out of it that i had hoped for, all the ingredients where there; the looks the engine, the 4wd and it is a superb car to drive, but it just feels liek its lacking something. maybe more power, maybe a more violent gear change, smaller windows, i'm not sure. i'd give it 7/10 as a performance car, i think partly becuase its so different to what i'm used too. i am going to go back soon and try the car for longer to see if it will change my mind, or improve my view, i don't think 1 test drive is always the best judge for a car.

make sure if you buying single you get the right wheel as i'm sure the fronts and backs are different widths

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your better off not putting them on the zed even if they would fit

get the RAC out to check it, make sure the voltages are where they are supposed to be. have a search on here am sure people have reccomended batteries for JDMs before.

seesm your looking for a black Zed, good choice of colour, don't know any of the ones you put up though

i do love his vids though

decent spray shop in suffolk near me that job would be about £300 ex VAT

painting in black was easy, only advice would be to get something to wedge the handle in the open posistion for srapying so that you can get an even coat everywear. if your just painting i would suggest a good clear coat to protect the paint. and mask up everything well. i did wrap thm as well; and while i had themthey did well, but it seems that longevity was not their strong point as when abbey had them they unfortunatly started to lift in places. i'm putting it down to the person who wrapped them as they also did my wing mirrors and they didn't do well either and i ended up peeling them off. i am working on something new for door handles and will reveal all at some point but for now you lot will have to do with spraying them

have a good one

seen before, but very good; shame he cant win in Rallying

temporary fix would be a black permanent marker,